Display album



Oct. 25 1927.

1,6465 73 G. E. BUZZA DISPLAY ALBUM Filed 001;. 1:, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Gev o gejii 50220 Oct. 25. 1927.

a. E. BUZ ZA DISPLAY ALBUM Filed Oct. 13. 1926 2 Sheets-PSheet 2 Patented oe; 25; 1927.. i

" Bilea or. MIME I DIsPIQAY U l Applicationsfiled October- 13, 1 32s. Serial n5. 141 3 10.

My present invention to provide a display album intendedrtor Aftera merchant has.

' of a lineofgoods: and be.

invention consists of and arrangement oi general. use but especially. adapted. for. manu- I facturers or'their. .agents-jto. holdgsamples sent to merchants or display in "their plaoeso'li business, to.

afiordr a simple, convement and? attractive meansifrom which a. customer good'she wishes. to purchase. Said display album, in-its. preferred form, is; provided with. detachable, interchangeable leavesto. 1 -which sampleslor specimens may beatta'ched.

I been hirnislied onea-xofz necessary for the display albums it is only."

the manufacturei' o'r. agent to. send himnew. leaves: from time to. time. tonvlnch are; at-. 'tached samples of new. goods, and. these new:

leaves substituted; for. leaves.- containing. sam ples of obsolete or discontinued goods.

To. theabove end, generally! stated, the the-novel construction. 'partsihereinafterJ scribed and. defined intheclaimst I In the accompanyingdrawings, wh ch illustrate. the invention, like. characters. n;

dicate like. parts throughout these veral;

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' lea'ves removed. from. the objects Y and 11 are integrally formed with the V 'Reterringl to the drawings '2' alburiiwith the finger pieces.

Fig. 2 is a attached thereto; p Fig. 3 is ai fragmentary View partly in elevation I and; partly in.

Fig. 4 is a perspectiveof the'display album; a ".Fig. 5 is'a fragmentary perspectlve view I of the front member of the base with some and with the lockstrip lifted parts sectioned from its seat; and v Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view with some parts sectioned on the irregular'hne 6-6 oi Fig. 1, and with the leaves turned-into vertical positionsv The display album includes a rectangular sheet metal base comprisingt'ront,back and end channel members 7, 8, and 9, respectively. Thefianges of the channel members 7 8 and 9 are turned inward and itgwill be nbted that the front base member 7 is relatively'low in respect to the back member o the base. Raised intermediate sections 10 for its object may select the Fig. 1 a. PQTSPGClQlVB4VlQVW otthe displaya.

removed;lperspective viewroii' one .ofthe album. and having transverse vertical section, with one of the leaves turned into a vertical position; V i

view of thebase v, v

- v I .A' plurality of stifl leaves 22" are mounted otherwords the display [intermediate section-s I to the. inner edge of each leaf '22 is a U.-

front and back Lbasemembers T and respectively;

A pair of laterally spaced cre se-1 1, v

nelbars 12'l1avetheirflanges turned toward 1 eacln other and said bars v rigidly connect-the raised intermediate sections 10: and L1 oi the base. Supported on. the: lower-flanges oranthe J front: base member and; th ba 'k.

base member. .8 and rigidly secured theretq is awide plate 1-3having'upturnedfflangesaata I its longitudinal edgesf 3 Formed w th ea-c I V 11" 1ntermediate'base sec-f. I tion 101-2111d1d1i 1s a palr- 'ofi-inset endvv'i spaced, inwardly and upwardly converging fixed. hinge members. 14 and 1' 5, respeetiyelyi r 'Laterally spaced pairs. of aligned bciir -li'keF I I formed in the-hinge bers; i l-"and 15-, respectively; Between the seats 16 and 17 are base section l-O-andr each. hinge member-145.; 1s .a;lonm= box-like seat for will presently appear.

" l fl ge-s ofthefrontjbase-membeii'k '8 areyineli a y.

10 andand the. back base memben trom the intermedia te base sections llto the endsmembers 9 and said 'end members are inclined from the front/of*the base-fon the to. the back thereot to-afford a leai supporting surface "21 on" each sideof said? i-liter mediate sections 10i and 11. By reference-to I Figfiarit will be noted that the top-flangesfront base member 7 and thebacle base' .memben 8 project "inward from the hinge-members. Hand-Q1 5 On the back of tl el interm diate-basese tion' 11 is; a; holder 19 for an; electric-Qlight bulb =20; .Thisn light bulb' 'QO iwill be, in:-

actualusage of the display, album,

on .each leaf-supporting surface 21f or in sets of leaves located one on each sideof the 10' and 11. Secured shaped binding strip 23into which the respective" edge portion offlsaid leaf is inprovided with a lamp cord with a plugfor attaohmg the sameto a light'socket. I J I album includes two serted and permanently secured byirivets.

A .rod is inserted longitudinally, -through'- each binding strip 23 and its ends extend outward thereof toafiord, at the front edge of the respective into the seats-216 and 17 of any leaf, relatively long trunnion 24 andat thebacknedge of said leaf, p

a relatively short trunnion 25. These trun- 4 a v I 1,646,573

To attach one'of the leaves 22 to the base, its long trunnion 2 11s first inserted into one of the seats 16 until stopped by the engagement of the front edge of said leaf with the hinge member 1% The short trunnion 25 of said leaf is then'aligned with the seat '17 of the respective pair and the leaf moved edgewise toward the back of the base until Stopped by the hinge member 15. WVhile the leaf 22 is thus held, a lock strip 26 is inserted into the respective box-like seat 18 to holdthe longtrunnion 24 against endwise movement toward the front of the base and thus lockothe trunnions 24 and 25 in their seats. At the inner end of each lock strip 26 is a Yfingerpiece 27 by whichsaid lock strip-may beengaged to insert the same into one ofjhe seats 18 or remove the same therefrom. wThe inclinations of the seats 18 and the V gap'between the inner ends thereof are such therefrom, without distu'rbing the other of as topermit either one of the lock strips 26 to be inserted into 1ts seat 18- or removed said lock strips.

By removing the lock strips 26', the trunnions 24and 25 may be easily removed from theseats 1l6and 17 to detach the leavesf22.

fingerpiece 28 in the form of a U-shaped '1 7 clip is attached to the free edge portion of In Fig. 2 certain objects. 29' are attached'tothe leaf 22 for display. 7

each leaf 22.

The arrangement of the seats 16 and 17 issuch as to hold the leaves 22 of each set laterally and edgewise oifset- The leaves 22 of Zone set maybe turned onto the leaves 22 of the other set; By inclining each leaf supporting surface 21 outward from the illtermediate sections 10and l1 and fromthe front to-the back of the base 11, the leaves 22 are supported inconvenient positions for easy reading and handling.

The mounting of-the leaves is such that always open and cannot be the album is closed, and hence The holder 19 isso arranged as to afford a reflector for throwing the lightrays from the lamp bulb 20 onto the top leaves 22.

From the above description it is evident that the leaves 22 may be interchanged and very easily attached to the base or detached therefrom. V

What I claim is: 7

1'. A display album comprising a rectangular base having on its front and rear members raised intermediate sections, the rear member of the base being higher than the front member thereof, the endportions of said front and rear members have leaf-supporting surfaces that are inclined from said raised sections; two stacks ofleaves on said leaf-supporting surfaces, the leavesof each stack being hinged to said raised sections in lateral and edgewise offset relation. 7 2.'The structure defined in claim I in from the leaf-supporting surface of said front member to the leaf-supporting surface of said rearinember. i I

The structure defined in claim. I in which the raised section of the rear member is extended and shaped to form a reflector,

and a lamp socket on the reflector.

V V 4. A displayalbum comprising a base having front and rear raised intermediate sec-. tions and leaf-supportingsurfaces on each side of said sections that are inclined from said intermediate sections to the ends of the base and from the front of the basev to the rear thereof, and leaves hinged to said intermediate sections. r 1

In testimony whereof .I. afiix my signas ture, I V i GEORGE QBUZZA'.

there are always some of the obyects attached to the leaves 22 ondis H play. 

